Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-25
editor O'BRIEN.
Inc Most Fiendish Of All the Attacks
Yet Made on Mr., 0'Brien Occurs
at the Little Town, Hamilton.
sticks and Clubs Give Way TO Bullets
and ROttOn Eggs-Eight Shets
Are Fired at the Editor.
The Driver OF Hts Carriage Dar gerousfy
Hounded-O'Brien Finds Refuge
Under The stars and Stripes

HAMILTON, ONT, May 40 The
O'BTien meeting lsst Gight was he'd in
the Palace rink, 20GO people Growing the
building. After O'Brien and Tenant
KiIbride had addressed the crowd, gn
Englishmsn named George Collins aston
ished the audience by bitter attack on
| Lord LsnsdOWne. Several other English
men spoke. Resolutions cCudemDinn
| Lord Lsnsdowne were passed. While the
meeting was in progress great crowd OF
| OraDgemen gathered outside and rOOte5
/ and yelled constantly, just GS ut King
ston. All was well, however, IN % this
point. The worst Wss TO come. another
attack YVES TO be made uDO1
O'Brien, tins time with firearms, ana
there YVES another miraculous esCaDe.
! Before the meeting hGd adjourned
O'Brien GDd Kiibride were conducted
from the rink by nsrroW alley 20 2 Gov
cred carriage IN waiting. IN the car
rage besides O'Briel were McMaho7 and
Roche Cf the local branch OF the Iesaue
and Dennis Ki5Tide. On the drivers
seat were J0nn Nelson, who held The
rtins, and T. s. O'Brien. As the horses
started the crowd suddenly appeared and
set up the usual Kissing and grooming.
which proved 10 be 9 concerted signal 10
q group of five men who lurked around
the market building in Market square.
The men who missed and grcaued follow
I'd the C2TTisge. As it wheeled into the
squa,e there was q sudden click The
horses prsnced and Q dash Of light sudden
ly oyerspreai the building where the men
luTked. The reius dropped cut IF John
Nelson's hands, and with tie exclamation,
COB, my Coo, I'm shot" he ieu for
ward on the Seat. Crash, crash. crash
quick as lightning rang out and through
the bright fishes Of fame sped bullets
from two revolvers until eight shots had
been fred. Mr.. O'Brien stretched for
ward 20 look over and as he did so
8 ball whizzed BY his face
and passed through the opposite window
Without harmiHg anybody. (. 3. O'Breny
Nelson's companion, now grssped the
reiUs and dashed the horses through the
square into James street and down to the
hotel. Here there was q hostile crowd
who again booted as the party within
tried 20 open the carriage door, but coul6
not. Mcmahon jumped over the door,
and drawing s revolver held the crowd at
bay while O'Brien and his friends were
making their exit from the carris9e As
J
hotel Yolley of rotten eggs were hurled
st them, but no one was hurt Chief Me-
KinnOn and his men now rushed up, but
al was over, and Nelson was taken 10
the city hospital. DR.. White EXTRACTED
the bullet, and says the wound is danger
Gus. 1t is on the left wrist. No arrests
have been made, and O'Brien returns to
Niagara Falls to-day, where be takes g
rest, and Will then proceed 60 Montreal
to attend q meeting Thursday.
LORD LANSDJwNE DENOUNCFD.
DUBLIN, May 24.-JOhu Barry, mem
Der of Parliament, speaking at the Ma
tional League meeting here to-day. said
if Lord LansdoWne desired
fair play for O'Brien, the
latter wouldn't have been interfered
within Canada. The men who attempted
O'Brien's life believed they were doing
Lord Lansdowne favor. O'Brien's &C
cueatiOns could not be Tefuted on the
platform and were therefore answered
with bullets. II O'Brien should be killed
his blood would be on Lansdowne'4
head